jv.object
Class PsObject

java.lang.Object
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  +--jv.object.PsObject

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.lang.Cloneable, PsUpdateIf, java.io.Serializable

Direct Known Subclasses:

MyClass, PdColor, PgBndConstraint, PgDomainDescr, PgFem, PgFrame, PgGeometry, PgMacroPatch, PgPolygonOnElementSet, PgTexture, PgUtil, PgVertexStar, PjAxes, PjProject, PnEnergyMinimizer, PnExplodePolytope, PnFunction, PnGeodesicRK, PnOde, PnStiffMatrix, PsAnimation, PsAuthorInfo, PsGeometryInfo, PsJavaView, PsKey, PsModelInfo, PuComplexP, PuDouble, PuFunction, PuInteger, PvCamera, PvScene, PvViewer, PwCleanMesh, PwClip, PwCurvature, PwGeodesic, PwHodge, PwIntegralLines, PwLIC, PwModel, PwNoise, PwPlatonic, PwRivaraBisection, PwSimplify, PwUnfold, PwVectorField

public abstract class PsObject

extends java.lang.Object

implements PsUpdateIf, java.lang.Cloneable, java.io.Serializable

Super class in JavaView which implements the update interface and has an info panel. Every class which implements the update interface PsUpdateIf may have PsObject as super class unless it is a panel, dialog etc. which are derived from PsPanel and PsDialog.

Subclasses must call the init() method in each constructor, and each init() method must call super.init() at first. The following layout may be used:

	public class myClass extends mySuperClass
		public myClass() {
			...	// create all instance variables
			if (getClass() == myClass.class)
				init();
		}
		public void init() {
			super.init();
			...	// initialization of instance variables, allows to use init() as reset()
		}
 

This ensures that the init() method of superclasses is called. Otherwise even the init() methods of the superclasses will not be called. The init() method should be written such that it can be used to reset the current instance. Therefore, all creation of instance variables should be placed in the constructor, as far as possible.

Each instance of PsObject may have an associated info panel as interactive inspector. Most information in the panel is interactively modifiable. The class name of an info panel may follow a special naming convention: "name of main class"+"_IP". This convention allows the method getInfoPanel() of PsObject to find this class automatically if it is in the same java package as the main class. For example, jv.geom.PgPointSet.java and jv.geom.PgPointSet_IP.java are a pair of base class and info panel.

If a class does not have an own inspector class then the inspector of its superclass is used. Each object may have several other inspectors with different filename extensions which are accessible via the menu of the control window.

Each instance of PsObject has a unique default name of the form 'object_NUMBER' where NUMBER is a unique integer number counting the number of created instances. The name should be changed using method setName(String) since it is used e.g. as header of the inspector panel, and in debug output as a unique reference to the object.

The tag variable may be used locally in methods or projects. They have no global influence, and a user cannot rely on the value once a method is left.

Since JavaView 1.74, we get the Class object that describes any Java type using the new class literal syntax. A class literal is simply the name of a type (a class name or a primitive type name) followed by a period and the class keyword. For example:

 Class o = PsObject.class;
 Class i = int.class;
 Class v = java.util.Vector.class;
 

Prior to JavaView 1.74 we used the Java 1.0 style, where we got the Class object from the name of a data type using the forName() class method of Class.

Version:

22.06.00, 1.70 revised (kp) Additional flag FIXED added which allows to freeze an object.
20.03.00, 1.60 revised (kp) Constructor used .class literal to decide calling init().
19.08.99, 1.50 revised (kp) Inspector panels in hashtable, update listeners added.
23.01.99, 1.20 revised (kp) Initialization of parent with setParent instead of update.
16.11.98, 1.10 revised (kp) method newInstance(,,) added
00.00.97, 1.00 created (kp)

Author:

Konrad Polthier

See Also:

Serialized Form

Field Summary

static int	HAS_CONFIG_PANEL Tag object as having a control panel.
static int	HAS_INFO_PANEL Tag object as having an inspector panel.
static int	HAS_MATERIAL_PANEL Tag object as having a material panel.
static int	HAS_TEXTURE_PANEL Tag object as having a texture panel.
static java.lang.String	INSPECTOR_INFO Name of default info panel under which panel is registered in panel list.
static java.lang.String	INSPECTOR_INFO_EXT Identifier of class extension characterizing info panels.
static int	IS_DELETED Tag object as been deleted, applications should not continue to access its data.
static int	IS_FIXED Tag object as been fixed, applications should not modify its data.
static int	IS_SELECTED Tag object as been selected, applications may use this tag.
static int	IS_USED Tag object as been used, applications may use this tag.
static int	NUM_TAGS Number of available tags to describe state of object.

Constructor Summary

PsObject()
Constructor.

Method Summary

boolean	addInspector(java.lang.String name, PsPanel panel) Register a new inspector, and set current object as parent of panel.
boolean	addUpdateListener(PsUpdateIf listener) Register a new update listener
PsPanel	assureInspector(java.lang.String type, java.lang.String ext) Get a certain panel - if it does not exist then try to allocate it.
void	clearTag(int aBit) Unset tag of object.
java.lang.Object	clone() Duplicate geometry by recursively cloning all instance variables except inspector panels and lists of registered listeners.
static PsObject[]	clone(PsObject[] src) Duplicate array and all entries by recursively cloning all instance variables except inspector panels and lists of registered listeners.
static PsObject[][]	clone(PsObject[][] src) Duplicate array and all entries by recursively cloning all instance variables except inspector panels and lists of registered listeners.
void	copy(PsObject object) Copy base instance variables and prepend "copy_" resp.
PsUpdateIf	getFather() Get unique parent of an object.
PsPanel	getInfoPanel() Deprecated. use assurePanel(String, String)
PsPanel	getInspector(java.lang.String name) Get a registered inspector panel.
java.lang.String	getName() Get name identifying the object.
static int	getNumObjects() Get number of allocated instances of PsObject and its subclasses.
boolean	hasInspector(java.lang.String name) Check for a registered inspector panel by name.
boolean	hasTag(int aBit) Check whether tag of object is set.
boolean	hasUpdateListener(PsUpdateIf listener) Check whether an instance is a registered listener.
void	init() If instance has missing name then assign default name 'object_NUMBER' where number is the total number of already created instances.
static boolean	instanceOf(java.lang.Object obj, java.lang.Class cl) Method checks if an object extends a given class or one of its superclasses.
boolean	instanceOf(java.lang.String className) Deprecated. use "if (getClass() == PsObject.class)" instead
boolean	removeInspector(java.lang.String name) Remove a registered inspector panel from list of registered inspectors.
boolean	removeUpdateListener(PsUpdateIf listener) Remove a registered listener from list of registered listeners.
void	setName(java.lang.String aName) Set name identifying the object.
void	setParent(PsUpdateIf aParent) Set parent to receive update methods.
void	setTag(int aBit) Set tag of object.
java.lang.String	toString() Create a multi-line string representation with detailed information about all instance variables.
boolean	update(java.lang.Object event) Update all inspector panels, send update to all registered update listeners and finally update parent.
boolean	updatePanels(java.lang.Object event) Partial update method to synchrnonize all registered inspector panels.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

equals, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

NUM_TAGS

public static final int NUM_TAGS

Number of available tags to describe state of object. Applications usually add additional tags for own purposes.

See Also:

setTag(int)

IS_USED

public static final int IS_USED

Tag object as been used, applications may use this tag.

See Also:

setTag(int)

IS_SELECTED

public static final int IS_SELECTED

Tag object as been selected, applications may use this tag.

See Also:

setTag(int)

IS_DELETED

public static final int IS_DELETED

Tag object as been deleted, applications should not continue to access its data.

See Also:

setTag(int)

IS_FIXED

public static final int IS_FIXED

Tag object as been fixed, applications should not modify its data.

See Also:

setTag(int)

Since:

JavaView 1.95

HAS_INFO_PANEL

public static final int HAS_INFO_PANEL

Tag object as having an inspector panel. Usually tag is set in the constructor.

See Also:

setTag(int)

Since:

JavaView 1.95

HAS_MATERIAL_PANEL

public static final int HAS_MATERIAL_PANEL

Tag object as having a material panel. Usually tag is set in the constructor.

See Also:

setTag(int)

Since:

JavaView 1.95

HAS_TEXTURE_PANEL

public static final int HAS_TEXTURE_PANEL

Tag object as having a texture panel. Usually tag is set in the constructor.

See Also:

setTag(int)

Since:

JavaView 2.03

HAS_CONFIG_PANEL

public static final int HAS_CONFIG_PANEL

Tag object as having a control panel. Usually tag is set in the constructor.

See Also:

setTag(int)

Since:

JavaView 1.95

INSPECTOR_INFO_EXT

public static final java.lang.String INSPECTOR_INFO_EXT

Identifier of class extension characterizing info panels.

INSPECTOR_INFO

public static final java.lang.String INSPECTOR_INFO

Name of default info panel under which panel is registered in panel list.

Constructor Detail

PsObject

public PsObject()

Constructor. Increase total number of created instances.

Method Detail

init

public void init()

If instance has missing name then assign default name 'object_NUMBER' where number is the total number of already created instances.

toString

public java.lang.String toString()

Create a multi-line string representation with detailed information about all instance variables. E.g. use PsDebug.message(object.toString()) to print information to console. This method is usually extended by subclasses with further information.

Overrides:

toString in class java.lang.Object

clone

public static PsObject[][] clone(PsObject[][] src)

Duplicate array and all entries by recursively cloning all instance variables except inspector panels and lists of registered listeners. The parent relationship is maintained only within this class but not to external classes. In general, all links of the clone to external objects are set to null.

See Also:

#copy(PgGeometry)

clone

public static PsObject[] clone(PsObject[] src)

Duplicate array and all entries by recursively cloning all instance variables except inspector panels and lists of registered listeners. The parent relationship is maintained only within this class but not to external classes. In general, all links of the clone to external objects are set to null.

See Also:

#copy(PgGeometry)

clone

public java.lang.Object clone()

Duplicate geometry by recursively cloning all instance variables except inspector panels and lists of registered listeners. The parent relationship is maintained only within this class but not to an external parent. In general, all links of the clone to external objects are set to null. Tags of this object are not copied but maybe copied of subclasses.

See Also:

copy(PsObject)

getNumObjects

public static int getNumObjects()

Get number of allocated instances of PsObject and its subclasses.

copy

public void copy(PsObject object)

Copy base instance variables and prepend "copy_" resp. "copy(num)_" to name if identical to original object name. In general, only geometry data is copied, no material properties and no external links.

See Also:

clone()

update

public boolean update(java.lang.Object event)

Update all inspector panels, send update to all registered update listeners and finally update parent. Each of those updates has this object as event independent of the argument of this method.

Central update method of this object. Must be overwritten if this class receives unknown events, say, from new children. Any subclass must class invoke super.update(event) on all events it does handle itself.

Specified by:

update in interface PsUpdateIf

See Also:

setParent(PsUpdateIf), getFather(), addUpdateListener(PsUpdateIf)

updatePanels

public boolean updatePanels(java.lang.Object event)

Partial update method to synchrnonize all registered inspector panels. This method is a convenience for certain classes like PuDouble which automatically and instantaneously synchronize their panels whenever, say, their value has changed. This is in contrast to heavier classes b which only synchronize their panels on a call b.update(panel of b) or b.update(b).

Method does nothing if list of panels does not exist. Method issues a warning if event is a panel but the panel is not registered as inspector.

Usually, application classes do not call this method but use update(Object.

See Also:

update(Object), addInspector(String, PsPanel)

addUpdateListener

public boolean addUpdateListener(PsUpdateIf listener)

Register a new update listener

Parameters:

Listener - to register

Returns:

false if listener already registered.

See Also:

hasUpdateListener(PsUpdateIf), removeUpdateListener(PsUpdateIf)

hasUpdateListener

public boolean hasUpdateListener(PsUpdateIf listener)

Check whether an instance is a registered listener.

Returns:

true if registered listener found.

See Also:

addUpdateListener(PsUpdateIf), removeUpdateListener(PsUpdateIf)

removeUpdateListener

public boolean removeUpdateListener(PsUpdateIf listener)

Remove a registered listener from list of registered listeners.

Parameters:

Registered - listener

Returns:

false if listener is not registered.

See Also:

addUpdateListener(PsUpdateIf), hasUpdateListener(PsUpdateIf)

getFather

public PsUpdateIf getFather()

Get unique parent of an object. It was necessary to rename the method since Java 1.1. added a method getParent() to its classes.

Specified by:

getFather in interface PsUpdateIf

See Also:

PsUpdateIf, update(Object), setParent(PsUpdateIf)

setParent

public void setParent(PsUpdateIf aParent)

Set parent to receive update methods.

Specified by:

setParent in interface PsUpdateIf

See Also:

PsUpdateIf, update(Object), getFather()

setName

public void setName(java.lang.String aName)

Set name identifying the object. Should be chosen unique.

getName

public java.lang.String getName()

Get name identifying the object.

Specified by:

getName in interface PsUpdateIf

clearTag

public void clearTag(int aBit)

Unset tag of object. For possible tags see PsObject.

hasTag

public boolean hasTag(int aBit)

Check whether tag of object is set. For possible tags see PsObject.

setTag

public void setTag(int aBit)

Set tag of object. For possible tags see PsObject.

instanceOf

public final boolean instanceOf(java.lang.String className)

Deprecated. use "if (getClass() == PsObject.class)" instead

Method checks if this object is exactly instance of a class given by its class name. Package names of class may be optionally given. Even if string denotes a super class method returns false. This method is different from Java operator instanceof which is true even if current instance is subclass of class 'className'.

Parameters:

className - name of class without package identifiers

Returns:

true if current object is exact instance of class

See Also:

instanceOf(Object, Class)

instanceOf

public static boolean instanceOf(java.lang.Object obj,
                                 java.lang.Class cl)

Method checks if an object extends a given class or one of its superclasses. An instanceof that works on Class objects at runtime, instead of type descriptors at compile time.

Parameters:

obj - object to test

cl - class or interface

Returns:

true, if object is instance of class or its superclasses

See Also:

instanceOf(String)

addInspector

public boolean addInspector(java.lang.String name,
                            PsPanel panel)

Register a new inspector, and set current object as parent of panel. Possible names of inspector panels are INSPECTOR_INFO, _MATERIAL, etc. depending on the current class.

Returns:

false if same name already exists.

See Also:

getInspector(String), hasInspector(String), removeInspector(String)

getInspector

public PsPanel getInspector(java.lang.String name)

Get a registered inspector panel. Possible names of inspector panels are INSPECTOR_INFO, _MATERIAL, etc. depending on the current class.

Returns:

PsPanel a registered inspector, null if not found.

hasInspector

public boolean hasInspector(java.lang.String name)

Check for a registered inspector panel by name. Possible names of inspector panels are INSPECTOR_INFO, _MATERIAL, etc. depending on the current class.

Returns:

true if registered inspector found.

See Also:

addInspector(String, PsPanel), getInspector(String)

removeInspector

public boolean removeInspector(java.lang.String name)

Remove a registered inspector panel from list of registered inspectors. Possible names of inspector panels are INSPECTOR_INFO, _MATERIAL, etc. depending on the current class.

Parameters:

Name - of inspector

Returns:

false if inspector does not exists.

See Also:

addInspector(String, PsPanel)

assureInspector

public PsPanel assureInspector(java.lang.String type,
                               java.lang.String ext)

Get a certain panel - if it does not exist then try to allocate it. This method is a shortcut to avoid checking, creating, and adding the panel to the inspector list.

Class name of info panel must consist of the name of the class to be inspected and '_IP' as suffix. In this case the panel is automatically found.

Method is a shortcut to avoid checking, creating, and adding the panel to the inspector list.

Parameters:

type - type of panel, e.g. PsObject.INSPECTOR_INFO

ext - file name extension, e.g. PsObject.INSPECTOR_INFO_EXT

getInfoPanel

public PsPanel getInfoPanel()

Deprecated. use assurePanel(String, String)

Get info panel, or if panel does not exist then try to allocate it. Standard panel for inspecting standard internal data such as vertex arrays etc. of geometry.

Class name of info panel must consist of the name of the class to be inspected and '_IP' as suffix. In this case the panel is automatically found.

Method is a shortcut to avoid checking, creating, and adding the panel to the inspector list.